Berfrois

Russian Literature

‘An Evil Boy’ by Anton Chekhov

Classic short story:

‘An Evil Boy’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Bet’ by Anton Chekhov

Short story:

‘The Bet’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Crocodile’ by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Short story:

‘The Crocodile’ by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Leo Shtutin

Literature invariably does more than politics in fostering understanding of the Other…

In Yeskov’s fan fiction, the fall of Mordor as told in The Lord of the Rings is nothing but propaganda for Gandalf the war-monger…

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Excerpt: ‘How I Became a Tree’ by Sumana Roy
Book excerpt: Excerpt: ‘How I Became a Tree’ by Sumana Roy
‘Figs’ by D.H. Lawrence
Classic poem: ‘Figs’ by D.H. Lawrence
My Feathered Friend
Video: My Feathered Friend
‘Just So (Mostly) True Stories’ by Eugenia Herbert
Book excerpt: ‘Just So (Mostly) True Stories’ by Eugenia Herbert